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Citation: Midtgaard, Rune. RepFocus - A Survey of the Reptiles of the World. (www.repfocus.dk).
Latest update: December 31st, 2022.


Taxonomy of the family Agamidae
Bibliography of the genus Aphaniotis
Biodiversity of the family Agamidae








Genus
Aphaniotis

Earless Agamas, Earless Lizards

Blaumaulagamen

Asiatiske Døvagamer

1864 Aphaniotis Peters (type species: Otocryptis fusca Peters 1864)
1963 Aphaniotus Taylor [substitute name for Aphaniotis Peters 1864]
Contents: 3 species, of which 2 (66.7%) are endemic.
Endemism: 0% 100%
Remarks: One species of this genus (ornata) has sometimes been placed in Japalura.
Distribution: Brunei, Indonesia (Anambas Islands, Banyak Islands, Kalimantan, Lingga Islands, Mentawai Islands, Siberut, Sipura, Natuna Islands, Bunguran, Nias, Simeulue, Sumatra, Weh, Malaysia (Sabah, Sarawak, West Malaysia, Langkawi Archipelago, Seribuat Archipelago, Tioman, Singapore, Thailand.

Aphaniotis acutirostris

Long-snouted Earless Agama, Long-snouted Shrub Lizard, Indonesian Earless Agama

Spitzschnäuzige Blaumaulagame

Spidssnudet Døvagam

1889 Aphaniotis acutirostris Modigliani
1925 Aphaniotis curvirostris [lapsus?] Roux

Distribution: Indonesia (Banyak Islands, Kalimantan, Nias, Siberut, Simeulue, Sipura, Sumatra, Weh).


Aphaniotis fusca

Blue-mouthed Earless Agama, Malayan Blue-mouthed Lizard, Peninsular Earless Agama, Brown Shrub Lizard, Dusky Earless Agama

Stumpfschnäuzige Blaumaulagame

Blåmundet Døvagam

1864 Otocryptis fusca Peters
Aphaniotis fusca Boulenger 1885
1900 Aphaniotis floweri Werner (Wermuth 1967)

Distribution: Indonesia (Anambas Islands, Lingga Islands, Natuna Islands [Bunguran], Nias, Simeulue, Sumatra), Malaysia (Sabah, Sarawak, West Malaysia [incl. Langkawi Archipelago, Seribuat Archipelago (incl. Tioman)]), Singapore, Thailand.


Aphaniotis ornata

Ornate Earless Agama, Ornate Shrub Lizard

Horn-Blaumaulagame

Pragt-døvagam

1893 Japalura ornata Lidth de Jeude
Aphaniotis ornata Welch, Cooke & Wright 1990
1930 Japalura nasuta De Jong (Ota & Hikida 2000)
Aphaniotis nasuta Welch, Cooke & Wright 1990

Remarks: Placed in Japalura by some authors (e.g., Wermuth 1967), but most recent publications assign the species to Aphaniotis (e.g., Welch, Cooke & Wright 1990; Malkmus, Manthey, Vogel, Hoffmann & Kosuch 2002; Das 2004, 2006).
Distribution: Brunei, Indonesia (Kalimantan), Malaysia (Sabah, Sarawak).

Aphaniotis ornata
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